Real Madrid 1-0 Paris Saint Germain: Player Ratings

Paris St. Germain

Kevin Trapp (GK) – 6

Made a couple of important saves to deny Isco and Kroos but will ultimately be held responsible for conceding Real Madrid’s opener – wandering out of his goal thinking a deflected Kroos shot went out of play - only for substitute Nacho to slot home into an empty net.

Serge Aurier (RB) – 7.5

The young full-back was simply sensational for the French champions down the right-wing. Linking up well with Angel de Maria, he managed to create a number of goal-scoring opportunities for Laurent Blanc’s side, getting himself into a number of good positions to deliver quality crosses in open play.

Defensively too, Aurier proved his worth, making a key headed clearance to deny Isco from meeting a cross, injuring the duo in the process.

Thiago Silva (CB) – 7

Kept the dangerous Cristiano Ronaldo at bay through the course of the game, limiting him to just a single shot on goal in open play.

David Luiz (CB) – 7

Had a relatively quiet night against an injury-prone Real Madrid attack. With Ronaldo kept quiet, the commanding Brazilian centre-back ensured that the wingers were unable to outsmart him with their pacey approaches to Kevin Trapp’s goal.

Maxwell (LB) – 7

A fairly decent performance from the 34-year old left-back, whose wonderful cross was nearly met by Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the first half. He gave Danilo a tough evening, forcing him to revert to his defensive work rather than play a role up the pitch.

Marco Verratti (RCM) – 5

Made a couple of decent passes before being substituted very early on with a hamstring injury.

Thiago Motta (CDM) – 8

• Absolutely sensational in the holding midfield role. Known for his exquisite vision of the game, he was able to read Isco’s movements in the centre of the pitch and stop any sort of Real Madrid counter-attacks to threaten the PSG goal.

Blaise Matuidi (LCM) – 7.5

Came up trumps in a one-on-one duel with the young Casemiro, intercepting the 23-year old’s passes on several occasions and successfully making key lay-offs to Cavani and Ibrahimovic in the attacking third.

Angel Di María (RW) – 8

Impressive on his return to the Bernabeu, his link-up play with Serge Aurier on the right creating a number of problems for the Real Madrid defence. His ability to control the pace on the ball and make the key through pass to cut open the Real defence was very pleasing to the eye. Nearly equalised against his former club in the 89th minute with a glorious free-kick which struck the crossbar.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ST) – 6.5

Being the focal-point of PSG’s attack, the big Swedish striker was a menace to the Real Madrid defence throughout the game. Fed well by Blaise Matuidi and Adrien Rabiot behind him, he managed to get a plethora of shots at goal– giving goalkeeper Keylor Navas a run for his money, but ultimately failed to find the back of the net.

Edinson Cavani (LW) – 5.5

A poor performance by his standards, missing a number of golden opportunities to score for PSG. He had no grounds to complain about the service from Aurier and Maxwell from the wings. He has had better days up-front for Laurent Blanc’s side, and this game will be one he would like to erase from his memory-lane as soon as possible.

Substitutes:

Adrian Rabiot – 7

Did the job of keeping Kroos at bay, dispossessing him a few times. He also displayed his quality in the attacking third, getting himself involved in most of PSG’s attacks with a number of key passes to Di Maria on his right hand side and Ibrahimovic up-front.

Lucas Moura – 6

Coming on as a 75th minute substitute for Blaise Matuidi, Moura took the attack to the opposition – pressing hard from the left-hand side and attempting to force his way through the Real defenders – ultimately in vain.